David Susskind Movies
- 1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years5.11977HD
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
- 1979
Walking Through the Fire
Walking Through the Fire21979HD
A young wife discovers that she has Hodgkin's Disease. It can be treated, but complicating the situation is the fact that she is pregnant, and the...
- 1978
Tom and Joann
Tom and Joann01978HD
The story of Tom and Joann Hammil, a divorced couple who explore new relationships while maintaining their mutual affection a year after their...
- 1967
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda01967HD
In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf and mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes...
- 1971
The Price
The Price01971HD
After the Great Depression, Victor Franz gave up going to college to support his father. After 30 years, Victor returns to sell his parents’...
- 1981
Casey Stengel
Casey Stengel01981HD
Charles Durning appears as the legendary baseball manager Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel in this one-man show presented before a live studio audience.
- 1978
The World Beyond
The World Beyond71978HD
A golem made of mud terrorizes a couple on a remote Maine island.
- 1979
The Family Man
The Family Man01979HD
A happily married family man, owner of a parking garage in Manhattan, drifts into a romance with one of his customers who has been having troubles...
- 1979
Transplant
Transplant01979HD
Fact-based story about a hard-driving young executive who rebels against his failing heart and undergoes a risky transplant.
- 1972
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band01972HD
Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit....
- 1976
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking01976HD
A biography of President Harry S. Truman.
- 1959
Medea
Medea01959HD
A betrayed queen takes a terrible revenge.
- 1974
The Country Girl
The Country Girl01974HD
Frank Elgin's career in the theater is all washed up — but his friend Bernie thinks he can make a comeback, as long as his wife Georgie doesn't...
- 1971
All the Way Home
All the Way Home01971HD
Jay Follet is suffering a mid-life crisis while his wife, Mary, is expecting their second child. When Jay takes his family to visit his 103-year-old...
- 1975
A Moon for the Misbegotten
A Moon for the Misbegotten01975HD
A cynical, self-hating, failed actor visits the gruff, earthy daughter of his scheming Irish tenant farmer and passes a soul-baring night of...
- 1977
Tell Me My Name
Tell Me My Name01977HD
Based on the book by Mary Carter, "Tell Me My Name" is about a girl's visit to the woman who gave her up for adoption 19 years earlier. The adoption...
- 1959
Back to Back
Back to Back01959HD
These dueling one-act comedies highlight the work of playwright John Mortimer. In "The Dock Brief," an ill-prepared attorney is put to the test when...
- 1965
Eagle in a Cage
Eagle in a Cage01965HD
Recounts the events of the final years of Napoleon, culminating in his exile on the isle of St. Helena.
- 2020
David Susskind Archive: I Was a Hitman for the Mafia
David Susskind Archive: I Was a Hitman for the Mafia02020HD
The fascinating 1973 interview with a mid-level hitman named “Joey” who describes in detail his life in the mob that included the murder...
- 1980
Father Figure
Father Figure51980HD
Following their parents' divorce and their mother's subsequent suicide, a teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the...